"I am very pleased with our ranking by U.S. News and World Report," said Dr. William T. Abare, Jr., president of Flagler College. "It is a significant achievement for Flagler to be ranked among the top regional colleges in the south by this prestigious national publication."
RELATED: UNF named 'best regional' university by U.S. News & World Report

The newest distinction ranks schools against their peer group in their
geographic region. The four regions for the judging are North, South,
Midwest and West.

The rankings by U.S. News & World Report are computed using
measures of academic quality provided by the schools and assessments by
leaders at peer institutions. The data categories used include
student/faculty ratio, class size, graduation rate, percentage of
full-time faculty, student selectivity, average SAT/ACT scores,
percentage of highly ranked freshmen, alumni giving rate and others.